Why don't singapore implement 5 seater cab?
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can take 5 passengers, like the taxis in hongkong. whereby the front seat is like the backseat; can sit 3 person.
then those hk taxis are auto gear i suppose? -
singapore also has auto gear taxi wat
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here got maxi cab also mah
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My taxi in HK has Bench Seats and it's auto and also has larger left rear door and swing out seat for the needy (it's a crown comfort welcab), I think Singapore can be benefit with this version of crown (btw, my taxi is LPG and it's not only Euro 4 comply. it's Euro 5 comply.)
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Singapore's LTA more strict..won't allow taxis to seat 5 unless it's an MPV like the Ssangyong Rodius and Volkswagen Touran cab..all the saloon car taxis like Merc, Skoda, Magentis, Camry, Sonata, Cedric and the venerable Crown all can seat four only..haha..and here we don't bother much about LPG, at least not yet..we mostly buy Euro-4 compliant diesel taxis..
But we do have a small fleet of LPG-capable Merc E-Class taxis in Singapore though..operated by SMART Taxi..distinguished by the picture of a green leaf on the rear doors of the taxi..it's still white colour though..and on the boot of the taxi, instead of CDi, it's written "NGT" there..soon we'll have more LPG taxis when the Hyundai Azure Limo cab hits the streets..seems like SMART has stuck with the LPG route..
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because most families in singapore is made up of 4 person.
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That's is the main different between HK and Singapore, I've driven both cabs in HK and Singapore, and in HK, you need to have a cab that's the size of a crow/ cedric, if you use a smaller vehicle, like Nissan Sunny, Mitsu Lancer, and Toyota Corolla/ Corona, the passenger will not want to ride on it, cause they think it's unsafe (this is why 4 seaters have been gone since early 1990's), well, usually at the weekdays, average # of passenger is around 2-3 in a cab, but @ weekend, it can easily go to 5, that's why they have the center seats...and because of stop and go traffic in HK, they decided to add A/T as standard, when switching to LPG taxi from diesel, so far, there's only 1 Diesel cab in hk, it's made in 1993, a Toyota Crown...other taxi's average age is about 2 years...cause after 3-4 years they are heading for scrap yard...
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got got! singapore got!
front sit 1 people and back sit 4 people de! i sit before alone!!! but damn ex... anyway, is my company fork out money de not i... ^^